Panty girdle



S. GRISHMAN April 6, 1965 PANTY GIRDLE Filed Nov. 30, 1962 INVENTOR.5/M0/v 6R/5HM/7N BY HTTORNEY United States Patent 3,176,693 PANTY GIRDLESimon Grislnnan, Yonkers, N.Y., assignor to William Gluckin & Company,Inc., New. York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. 30, 1962,Ser. No. 241,415 1 Claim. (Cl. 128-528) This invention relates togirdles, particularly wherein a panty is fixed at its upper edge to thebody portion of the girdle and otherwise freely disposed within thegirdle body portion. More particularly, the invention deals with agirdle structure, wherein the panty has its upper edge portions fixed tothe body portion of the girdle at varying heights and, wherein, thepanty includes independent side portions of a material contrasting tothe remainder of the panty.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front diagrammatic view of a girdle made according to myinvention, with part of the construction broken away and omitting allshowing of stitchings to simplify the illustration and furtherillustrating the front and rear parts disposed substantially one uponthe other. FIG. 2 is a view, generally similar to FIG. 1, of the rearportion of the girdle, with part of the construction broken away andshowing garter supporting straps which are omitted from FIG. 1 in orderto simplify the illustration.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged broken sectional view on the line 3-3 of FIG. 1illustrating the front and rear portions in spaced relationship to eachother.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4--4 of FIG. 1 of the frontbody portion only of the girdle; and

FIG. 5 is an enlarged broken section on the line 5-5 of FIG. 1, againillustrating the front and rear portions of the girdle in spacedrelationship to each other for clarity in the illustration.

In the sectional View, no attempt has been made to illustratecharacteristics of the parts by any particular type and kind ofsectioning. In illustrating one adaptation and use of my invention, thebody portion of the girdle is composed of front and rear panels and 11,joined by generally similar side portions 12. The side portions 12 aresuitably stitched to side edges of the front panel 10, asdiagrammatically illustrated at 13 in FIG. 5, and the rear panel 11 issimilarly stitched, as indicated at 14, in said figure. At this time, itis pointed out that, in referring to stitching, any type and kind ofdecorative stitchings can be employed to produce a neat and finishedappearance at the exterior of the girdle. Considering FIGS. 1 and 3 ofthe drawing, at 15 I have shown a relatively wide waistband elasticstitched to upper edges of the front panel 10 and rear panel 11, as wellas to the sides 12, the stitchings being diagrammatically illustrated at16 in FIG. 3 of the drawing. The waistband 15 has overlappedsubstantially diamond-shaped front portions, as clearly illustrated at15 in FIGS. 1 and 3. These portions are relatively movable, except fortheir point of attachment, as at 16. Stitched to the inner surface ofthe lower edge portions of the front and rear panels 10 and 11 and thesides 12 is an elastic 17, shown, in section, in FIG. 3 and, in part, inFIGS. 1 and 2.

Patented Apr. 6, 1965 construction shown, I have diagrammaticallyillustrated at 22 in FIGS. 1 and 3 a seam for joining the front and rearportions. Stitched to side edges of the bands 20, 21

are similar panty sides 23, the stitchings being diagrammaticallyillustrated at 24 in FIG. 5 of the drawing. It will clearly appear, fromFIG. 5, that the rear band portion 21 is slightly wider than the frontband portion 20. The bands 20, 21, when joined at 22, form, below thesides 23, a crotch portion, shown, in part, at 25 in FIG. 1 of thedrawing. Fixed to sides of the crotch portion and lower curved edges ofthe sides 23 are elastics shown, in part, at 26 in FIGS. 1 and 2 of thedrawing. These elastics border what will constitute the leg openings 27of the panty. The upper edges of the band portions 20, 21 are angularlycontracted, as indicated at 20 and 21' in dotted lines in FIGS. 1 and 2of the drawing, and these edges are stitched to the front and rearpanels, as diagrammatically seen at 28 and 29 in FIG. 3 of the drawing.The upper edges of the panty sides 23 are similarly stitched to thesides 12 and these upper edges are angularly contracted to sides of thegirdle, as diagrammatically illustrated by the dotted lines 30 in FIG. 1and the dotted lines 31 in FIG. 2. It will, thus, be apparent that thepanty 19, or the upper edge thereof, is fixed to the body portion of thegirdle, comprising the panels 10 and 11 and the sides 12 in irregularlines, as noted above, which provide high supports for the pantycentrally of the front and back of the girdle and at sides of thegirdle.

In production of the girdle, the various parts, aside from the elasticsemployed, can be composed of different types and kinds of materials and,in illustrating one combination, the front panel 10 can benon-extensible or nonstretchable material; whereas, the back panel 11can comprise a material which is extensible in the vertical directionand non-extensible circurnferentially of the girdle. The sides 12 arepreferably formed of all-way stretch material and this is also true ofthe panty sides 23 and the material of 23 can be the same as thematerial employed in the sides 12, or contrasting thereto as to texture.The panty 1? and its front and rear band portions 20, 21 are preferablyformed of an all-way stretch material of a different characteristic thanthat in the sides 12 and a material such as I-Ielenca is preferable. Inthe use of the girdle, it will be understood that the panty sides 23 aremovable independently of the girdle body sides 12. It also follows thatthe panty bands 20 and 21 are capable of movement independently of thesides 23.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A girdle of the character defined comprising a girdle body having frontand rear panels and side portions fixed to side edges of said panels, apanty arranged within the body of the girdle, the panty comprising acentral band of substantially the same width throughout the majorportion of its length, ends of the band terminating in outwardlycontracted end portions, said contracted end portions being stitched tothe front and rear panels, the panty including side portions stitched toside edges of said panty 2,123,848 7/38 Gordon 128547 2,441,451 5/48Smith 128528 4 2,661,002 12/53 Silverman 128-526 2,983,924 5/61 Cohen eta1. 128-528 3,035,585 5/62 Neiman 128-524 FOREIGN PATENTS 502,339 5/54Canada.

DELBERT B. LOWE, Primary Examiner.

ADELE M. EAGER, Examiner.

